Air Transport

EMIRATES SKYCARGO and UNITED CARGO signed MOU to coordinate on air cargo services, including blocked space.

LION AIR took delivery of fourth/fifth 737-8s (43005/43012) on lease from Aergo Capital for operation by BATIK AIR.

CANADA JETLINES, Toronto closed non-brokered private placement that raised $1.9m for aircraft acquisition, general corporate and working capital

DELTA AIR LINES and LATAM AIRLINES GROUP received approval from US DOT for their joint venture to enable passengers to access more than 300

AIR CANADA plans December 16 to begin daily Halifax-Newark (Q400) and Vancouver-Houston IAH (A220).

BUDAPEST AIRPORT, Hungary is adding another 6,500 sq meters to its Cargo City air cargo facility to increase annual capacity to 240,000 tonnes.

AAPA members carried (improved) 13.1m pax in Aug 2022, down 61% from Aug 2019; international PLF was 77.9%.

ROYAL JORDANIAN agreed to order 20 A320neos from Airbus to replace its 13 A320ceos and says it is in negotiations with Boeing over 787 order to

The carriers already codeshare on 20 routes between North and South America.

The FAA has upgraded Malaysia’s air safety rating, paving the way for airlines to add service to the U.S. and launch new routes.

The Chicago-based airline, which has a hub at nearby Newark Liberty (EWR), said it hopes to resume service to New York JFK in the future.

Paris airports operator Groupe ADP expects positive traffic trends seen since the beginning of the year to continue in the second half and in 2023.

The CAAS and the CAA NZ have signed a Technical Arrangement on Aviation Maintenance on Sept. 30.

The lifting of travel restrictions in the major North Asian markets of Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong will hasten the pace of the industry’s return to health, AAPA says; but full recovery is not expected until China is also open.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has added a new Airbus A321neo aircraft to its fleet as the airline also has added Ankara to its Turkish network.

Royal Jordanian has reached agreement with Airbus to introduce 20 new factory built Airbus A320neo family aircraft to its fleet, replacing its current 13 A320ceo aircraft family fleet in service.

Negotiations with Boeing regarding 787s are ongoing, while the carrier is also having discussions on acquiring new regional jets.

Slowing long-term projections are due to multiple factors well beyond COVID and supply chain woes, such as China’s shrinking population

This year’s Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) will mark 10 years of bringing the aerospace industry together to do business in the region.

Nigeria has chosen a consortium anchored by Ethiopian Airlines as the preferred bidder to create the West African country’s new national airline.

Pilots are seeking to flex their leverage during a period when labor shortages have tilted the balance in negotiations in their favor.

Boeing does not appear to be on track to get the 737-7 certified this year, putting the program in need of a congressional waiver from a pending deadline.

Greater coordination between Emirates SkyCargo and United Cargo is expected to be one of the main outcomes of a new MOU between the two freight haulers.

South Africa’s largest regional airline is taking a major stake in the de-facto national carrier of neighboring Namibia.

When Eve Holding launched its electric vertical takeoff and landing commuter flight demonstrations in Chicago, the goal was to gather as much data and information as possible to formulate what a future commuter operation would look like.